Miller Sanford The Strand in Manhattan Beach in 2023. (Sydney Krantz / For The Times) In Los Angeles’ high-end rental market, it’s long been common to find homes advertised for $10,000 a month or more. But in the wake of this month’s devastating wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, new listings above that amount are effectively barred … Read more
President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2025. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Try to imagine how Americans would have reacted last fall — after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida’s Big Bend region, killing dozens of people — if then-President Biden had threatened to withhold federal aid for purely political reasons. … Read more
Instagram is attempting to reel in TikTok’s creators. The Meta-owned company is offering creators large cash bonuses to exclusively post Reels on Instagram, according to a report from The Information, 3Instagram is hoping to bring TikTok creators to their platform. Instagram The bonuses reportedly range from $10,000 to $50,000 per month. To qualify for the … Read more
A view of the destruction in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 18, looking toward Santa Monica. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Even though the extreme fire warnings that preceded the Palisades and Eaton fires extended from Santa Barbara to San Diego and included Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the only large-scale … Read more
Demonstrators hold portraits of hostages held by Hamas during a protest in Tel Aviv last week. (Oded Balilty / Associated Press) To the editor: This isn’t a “deal” between Israel and Hamas. It is extortion. (“Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas begins with hostages being handed over,” Jan. 19) Trading a 2-year-old Kfir Bibas and youngsters … Read more
Sunrise over a burned portion of Altadena on Tuesday. (Mario Tama / Getty Images) 1 Whatever decisions are made, Los Angeles will never be the same after the wildfires of January 2025. The lives of individuals and communities can change for the better. 2 The things people lost are not ‘just stuff’ Out of all … Read more
Justin Baldoni seems unbothered as his and Blake Lively’s “It Ends With Us” drama rages on. The actor played at a park Monday with his wife, Emily Baldoni, daughter, Maiya, 9, and son, Maxwell, 7, while vacationing in in Hawaii. Justin, 40, was all smiles wearing a black tee, a backward baseball cap, green shorts … Read more
Hoda Kotb reunited with Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager less than two weeks after leaving the “Today” show. Kotb shared a sweet selfie sitting next to Guthrie and Bush Hager in a restaurant booth Wednesday while dining together in New York City. “I love Wednesdays!! @savannahguthrie @jennabhager. Also remember when you had that big goodbye party … Read more
Brittany Aldean is back home in Florida and taking some time to share her experience attending President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day earlier this week. Brittany, who was at the historic event with her country star husband, Jason Aldean, uploaded a video on her Instagram story on Jan. 22, with the title, “My take on the … Read more
A survivor of the Oct. 7 Nova massacre has been chosen to represent Israel at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Yuval Raphael — who survived the Hamas slaughter by hiding under piles of dead bodies inside a bomb shelter — earned her spot in the international extravaganza by winning her country’s Rising Star competition, also … Read more
Fire officials worry wind could push wildfire into B.C. town Monday
Could your house soon be in the metaverse as first UK nation joins?
Review: WWII heroism of Japanese Americans gets its due in ‘Go For Broke: An Origin Story’
British soldiers warned over Russian agents spying on their phones
This will close in 0 seconds